Preview by Ivna Franić This Thursday at Mayhem, Moral Defeat presents a showcase from the Russian label, Perfect Aesthetics, featuring performances by Burning Pyre, Måla, Marble Bust and Ato Vari, with DJ support from Yuri. An evening of ambient synth romanticism to accidentally, or perhaps not, take place on Valentine’s day.

Preview by Laura Juncker Jupiter Child, based in Copenhagen, and Calú Carlos, based in Oslo, are Afro-Scandinavian performers and celebrators of the Mozambican sound universes from which they both originate. As their African heritages guide, inspire, and permeate their respective works within the arts and music, February 8th will be the first night they perform together in collaboration at Mozambican Electro Night at Råhuset.

 JH1.FS3  “Trials and Tribulations” (Dais Records, LP) – Review by Mikkel Rørbo Tension. Not anxiety-laden tension, but rather demanding of a specific kind of unrelaxed attention, one from which you cannot withdraw entirely on your own terms. This is the effect experienced already on the first listen to ‘Every Little Detail’ as Frederikke Hoffmeier’s spoken word commences. It’s detailed and imperfect, concrete in its ...

Collider — A debut album that brings energy back to shoegaze

“K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016)”, edited by Darren Ambrose, Repeater Books, 2018 – Essay by Macon Holt. Mark Fisher was the most important music critic of his generation. And in some ways, he continues to be so despite taking his own life over two years ago. I think one of the main reasons for this was that, for Mark, ...